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O'Shea To Barcelona, Vidic Staying?

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It is believed that the current European Champions Barcelona are interested in bringing Man United defender John O’Shea to the Nou Camp.

Barcelona are reportedly looking for a defender who can play anywhere in the back four, which is what O’Shea can do. O’Shea has played in every position for Man United, he has even played a few minutes as a goalkeeper when Edwin Van Der Sar had to be taken off with a broken nose against Tottenham Hotspur in 2007. United had used all three substitutes and he didn’t do badly.

In other news, Nemanja Vidic has said that he will see out his contract at Man United. Vidic has been linked with a move away to clubs such as Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan and even Manchester City but he won’t leave this summer.


"I will repeat for the 100th time: my contract with Manchester is until the summer of 2012 and I want to stay in Old Trafford until the last day," Vidic said to Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti.
"Only this is true, everything else is a baseless story."

Vidic also insisted that no other clubs have contacted him regarding a move.

"No, no, no, I have made a career in Manchester and I respect that fully"
"No-one has contacted me and I have not spoken to anyone."

Vidic also went on to talk about his absence in the team, due to injury.

"First I had troubles with a calf muscle, but I started with training too early and felt strong pain in the back of a calf," he explained.
"I am healthy (now). I feel strong and I believe I can return in full."

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Mixed Injury News For Man United

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed some mixed injury news. The bad news is that defender John O’Shea could be out for at least another two months. The good news is that Man United defenders Jonny Evans and Rio Ferdinand are nearing a return to first team football.

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It was initially believed that O’Shea was suffering from a dead leg, which he picked up on International duty against France, but there is no sign of a return for the player.

Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said: "There is no sign at all of recovery for John”
"It is his first injury at the club and he is a big loss because he is such a versatile player.
"We just want to get him back but it could be a couple of months yet."

Sir Alex Ferguson went on to talk about Evans and Ferdinand:

“Rio Ferdinand has done well over the last few days. He is on a running programme, and Jonny Evans is also doing it with him."


“Jonny is doing a bit more, of course, because he has not been out for so long, but there’s every chance the two of them will be back soon, which is really good news.
“We will just see how they progress now. When they come through the physical side of the work, they can come on to the football side of it."


“Jonny has been involved in the football side for a few days, but Rio hasn’t yet.
“The thing is, though, that there is no recurrence of the back problem with the running that he is doing. 

“That is the moment you wait for - when you come through the test of running and turning.
“He is doing his running in the gymnasium, which is good, so at the moment it is looking very healthy. 

“There is no date or fixture in mind, but hopefully it isn’t too far away. The signs are looking good.”

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Man United Lose Vidic To Injury

uring yesterday’s game against Wolves, Man United defender Nemanja Vidic had to be substituted due to a calf strain. Wes Brown also wasn’t in the team after he suffered another injury. That now means that there are eight defenders out injured again.

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Ritchie De Laet is expected to start the game this weekend against Fulham alongside midfielder Michael Carrick in the heart of Man United’s defence. Midfielder Darren Fletcher is expected to start at right-back and Patrice Evra should be in his normal left-back position. I don’t know what we would have done if we didn’t have Carrick or Fletcher, it would have been a bigger disaster than it is already.

Man United are now sitting at the top of the injury table with 10 players out injured.

United are without- Rafael da Silva (defender), Wes Brown (defender), Gary Neville (defender), Edwin Van Der Sar (goalkeeper), Fabio da Silva (defender), John O’Shea (defender), Jonny Evans (defender), Rio Ferdinand (defender), Nemanja Vidic (defender) and Owen Hargreaves (midfielder). So out of the 10 injuries we have, eight of them are defenders.

This is now getting beyond ridiculous.

Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been quoted as saying: "Ritchie showed some promise and he will probably be there on Saturday”

"We just have to get on with it."

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Man United Injury Update

After having 15 first team players out of the Champions League game against Wolfsburg, there has been some good news for Man United ahead of the game against Aston Villa on Saturday.

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Nemanja Vidic has recovered from flu so he will be back in the defence. Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov have also recovered from injury.

Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has already named his back four, for the game against Villa. Darren Fletcher will play at right back; Vidic and Michael Carrick will be the centre backs. Patrice Evra will play his normal position at left back.

Wes Brown, John O’Shea, Gary Neville, Owen Hargreaves, Rio Ferdinand, Rafael da Silva and Fabio da Silva are all still out. There is no news on Edwin Van Der Sar so I am assuming that he is also out.

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O'Shea: It Was Very Special To Captain United

Sports News - January 21, 2009

After injuries to both Gary Neville and Rio Ferdinand, yesterday John O’Shea captained Man United against Birmingham City. After the match O’Shea has revealed that it was very special to captain Man United.

O’Shea is one of those players who doesn’t hog the headlines but he just gets on with the job that he has to do. Some Man United fans don’t like him and they believe that he isn’t good enough for United but I believe that he is a great player and he has been a fantastic servant for Man United.

"It was very special," O'Shea told MUTV.

"I've done it in friendlies, which is also nice, but to do it in a league game when it really matters, for the manager to have that faith in me, is something special and something I'll always cherish."

O’Shea has been at Old Trafford since 1998 and he deserved to wear the armband yesterday. O’Shea has improved over the past few seasons and I think he will have another good season this year.

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Reds International Round Up


Yesterday there were many international matches which involved many Manchester United players, but how did they get on?

Wayne Rooney
Rooney had a great match for England, he linked up well with Gerrard and he deservedly scored two goals.

Ben Foster
David James was in goal for England during the first half, Foster played the second half in goal and he didn't really have that much to do.

Michael Carrick
Carrick came on in the second half to replace Peter Crouch who was injured, we didn't see that much of Carrick either.

Rio Ferdinand
Ferdinand didn't play any part of England's match, he has had another back problem but he expected to be OK for England's match against Ukraine on Wednesday.

Jonny Evans
Evans also had a good game, he scored for Northern Ireland which put NI 2-1 up against Poland, the won the match 3-2.

Darren Fletcher
Fletcher didn't have a good night, Scotland were beaten 3-0 in the Netherlands.

John O'Shea
O'Shea played for the Republic Of Ireland and set up the first goal, Bulgaria were without Berbatov but they managed to get a 1-1 draw in Dublin.

Patrice Evra
Evra played the whole match for France who beat Lithuania 1-0.

Carlos Tevez
Tevez started the match for Argentina against Venezuela and he scored their second goal, he was substituted but it is thought that he doesn't have an injury. The last thing we need is Tevez injured.

Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo played for Portugal and he also captained the side, Portugal unexpectedly drew 0-0 at home with Sweden. Former United assistant Carlos Queiroz (now Portugal manager) still doesn't have a win.

Luis Nani
Nani was an unused substitute in Portugal's 0-0 draw.

Ji-sung Park
Ji-sung Park played in South Korea's 2-1 win over Iraq so it was a good night for him aswell.

It was a mixture of results for the Man United players, lets just hope that none of them are injured during the week and come back from International duty ready to play Aston Villa next Sunday.

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Massive Injury Boost For United


Defender Rio Ferdinand has given Manchester United a massive boost ahead of the Champion's League clash with Inter Milan tomorrow evening.
Ferdinand trained today after picking up an injury in United's 4-0 win over Fulham on Saturday.

O'Shea also trained, he also picked up a knock against Fulham. United are still without Tosic (he's ineligible anyway), Rafael, Brown, Neville and long term absentee Hargreaves.

The players who trained today are: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak; Evra, Ferdinand, Vidic, Fabio, Evans, O'Shea, Eckersley; Ronaldo, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Gibson, Nani; Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez, Welbeck.

Sir Alex Ferguson is currently in his pre-match press conferences (started at 12:30) so hopefully we will have some news soon.

Ahead of the game tomorrow, Ferdinand has called on the supporters to 'pump up the volume'.

"If the supporters can recreate that night (last season's match against Barcelona) against Inter then it’s almost like a 12th man," Rio told United Review.

"I remember what it’s like coming here with West Ham and Leeds. Some of the opposing players might not have been to Old Trafford before, and that kind of atmosphere can make a difference.

"The Barca match was one of the best nights of football I’ve been involved in, in terms of atmosphere. The crowd were so loud. The general atmosphere and excitement was unbelievable before, during and after the game. It was fantastic.

"Old Trafford’s a great stadium, with a lot of tradition and history, but when you go out there and the fans are going crazy, you can just see the passion and desire in the stands, willing us on to do well – it’s a real inspiration to us all."



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Both Defenders Travel To Spain



There could be some good defensive injury news for Manchester United before tomorrows important match against Inter Milan.

Both Jonny Evans and John O'Shea have travelled with the United squad to Spain.
Yesterday it looked like United would be without Jonny Evans (injured), John O'Shea (injured), Gary Neville (injured), Wes Brown (injured) and Nemanja Vidic (suspended) for the vital game but Evans and O'Shea have travelled.

It doesn't mean that they are both fit but because they have gone to Spain that must mean that there is a slight chance that either one or both of them could be fit for the game.


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Player Of The Week: John O'Shea

John O'Shea has been a fantastic servant for Manchester United, he has played in every position for United, even goalkeeper- remember that great save against Spurs? The one on one with Robbie Keane? Dont worry if you cant remember, here is a video of his time in goal.

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O'Shea joined Manchester United in 1988, making his debut on the 13th October 1999 away at Aston Villa. Since then O'Shea has made 297 appearances for United, scoring 12 goals but some of them have been extremly important, e.g. the late winner against Liverpool in the Premier League.
It's not only Manchester United that he has played for, he has been out on loan at Bournemouth and Royal Antwerp but he has also played for his country- Republic Of Ireland.
O'Shea made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland on 15 August 2001, when he came on as an 84th minute substitute at home to Croatia, but things didnt go too well, O'Shea gave away a penalty in injury time, Croatia scored and the match ended 2-2.
O'Shea has now won over most of the Manchester United fans with his great goalkeeping and important goals.
Honours
Barclays Premier League:
Winner (3): 2003, 2007, 2008
Runner-up (1): 2006
FA Cup:
Winner (1): 2004
Runner-up (2): 2005, 2007
Carling Cup:
Winner (1): 2006
Runner-up (1): 2003
FA Community Shield:
Winner (1): 2003, 2007, 2008
UEFA Champions League:
Winner (1): 2008

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Keane Hits Back

Manchester United boss had named the Robbie Keane £20.3million pound transfer from Tottenham to Liverpool as his surprise transfer of the summer, today Robbie Keane has hit back at him.

Keane said: “I’m very surprised John O’Shea doesn’t play for United every week.
“Football is about opinions and I respect everyone’s opinion.”
To be fair, I am surprised that O'Shea doesn't play more matches for United but I was also surprised that Robbie Keane joined Liverpool because he looked happy at Spurs but on the other hand Liverpool was the team he supported as a kid, not sure why though.

When Ferguson said this, I am sure that it was just mind games because there is a massive match this weekend between Manchester United and Liverpool at Anfield.
Fergie is the king of mind games and this is just going to put more pressure on Keane, no problem with that is there?

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How Did The Reds Get On?

As you probably no, Manchester United aren't in action this weekend with internationals being played. There were a few United players in action last night for their countries and this is how they got on.

Carlos Tevez- Tevez managed to get himself sent off after only half an hour, he was given a straight red even though he was already on a yellow card. Argentina were already a goal down against Paraguay at this point (former United defender Gabriel Henize scored an own goal) but the match finished as a draw.

Wayne Rooney- Rooney was the only English Man United player to play tonight, Wes Brown was on the bench and Rio Ferdinand was ruled out of the Andorra match due to a stiff back. The good news is that England won, 2-0 but the bad news is that Rooney didnt score, if only he can get one goal and then I think he will gain confidence and score loads.

John O'Shea- O'Shea played 90 minutes for the Republic Of Ireland, who beat Georgia 2-1 in Germany, I watched the match and O'Shea did ok, he did have a fantastic chance to score though but his header was over the bar.

Darren Fletcher- Fletcher played for 90 minutes for Scotland but unfortuntly they were beaten 1-0 by Macedonia.

Jonny Evans- Evans played 90 minutes for Northern Ireland but they also lost, the final score was 2-1 in Slovakia.

Patrice Evra- Evra played in the biggest shock defeat of the night, France lost 3-1 to Austria.

Dimitar Berbatov- New United player Berbatov was nearly on the loosing end but Bulgaria got a last minute equaliser against Montenegro.

Luis Nani- Nani had a fairly easy night, Portugal beat Malta 4-0 with Nani getting the final goal. It was also former Manchester United assistant Carlos Quieiroz' first competitive match as Portugal manager.

Nemanja Vidic- Vidic and Serbia were off to a winning start with a 2-0 win over the Faroe Islands.

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One Out, One Staying, One to Milan, One to Madrid?



What transfers and transfer rumours have United been involved in today?

Gerard Pique to Barcelona
Gerard Pique is off to play in Spain, the 21 year old defender has decided to leave United probably due to lack of first team chances. Ferdinand and Vidic have been outstanding this season so Pique hasnt really had a look in. Pique is to sign a 4 year deal with Barcelona, he is also expected to have a 40 million pound buy out clause.

Evra to AC Milan?
Evra's contract runs out next summer and AC Milan are thought to be interested in taking him to the San Siro. Evra has also been magnificant for United this season so i would love United to offer him a new deal.

Ronaldo to Real Madrid?
This story just wont go away. This time there are details about what United would ask for IF Ronaldo told them he wanted to leave. United will apparently be asking for 50 million Euros, plus Robinho, Sergio Ramos and Mahamadou Diarra. Ronaldo has to Porto to meet his agent. According to the pro-Madrid sports daily Marca “In Portugal they reckon Ronaldo is going to Madrid. In fact, they believe the reason for the meeting was for Ronaldo to let his agent know just how unhappy he is with United’s posture during this affair.”

O'Shea Staying?
O'Shea hasnt had many first team opportunities this season but it looks like he is going to stay for atleast another season. O'Shea said: "That is crossing my mind a lot of the time, but then I think 'where do you go when you leave a team like that?'
"That's an even bigger question [on him leaving United]. For the time being, I will stay where I am. You just have to get on with it. The club has so many players - in the build-up to the [Champions League] final, every player was fit."
"I think our gaffer is up there on his own and he is hungry for more,"
"Credit to him for that because obviously he feels that this team can go on and write a new part in the club's famous history.
"There are stories coming out that he has three more years in charge - I would say he could be there longer than that."

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Happy Birthday O'Shea

Happy Birthday to John O'Shea

O'Shea made his debut for United in 1999 against Aston Villa at Villa Park. O'Shea is also a Republic Of Ireland international, he made his debut in 2001 as an 84th minute sub.

Did you know?
Did you know that O'Shea has played in every position for United? Do you remember last season's match at White Hart Lane, when we beat Spurs 4-0 and for the last part of the match O'Shea had to go in goal because Van Der Sar got a kick in the nose which broke it. He also made an outstanding save/tackle from Robbie Keane one on one outside the penalty area.

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International

Quite a few of Manchester United's players were playing for their countries, here is how they did:

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Brown, Rooney, Ferdinand and Hargreaves (sub) played in Englands 2-1 win over Switzerland.

Park scored for South Korea's first World Cup 2010 qualifier

O'Shea played for the Republic Of Ireland but they lost 1-0, Anderson was a sub for Brazil

Ronaldo played against for Portugal against Italy (Portugal lost 3-1), Nani came on for Portugal at half time

Van Der Sar kept a clean sheet when Holland beat Croatia 3-0.

Vidic played for Serbia, who drew 1-1 with Macedonia

Evra didnt feature for France but he was on the bench.

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Tottenham v Manchester United Preview

Tomorrow Manchester United face Tottenham for the second time in a week (we won last Sunday 3-1). This time we are playing them in the Premier League and Spurs are expected to field a totally different defence. The 3-1 beating of Spurs doesnt tell the whole story, the match was tight and we could have easily lost.
Last season United beat Spurs 4-o at White Hart Lane with John O'Shea playing the last part of the match in goal.
During the week both teams played Premier League matches with United winning 2-0 which also didnt tell the whole story- we could have beaten them 12-0. Tottenham played a 0-0 draw with Everton.

Tottenham:

Gilberto and Hutton are expected to make their Tottenham debut, captain Ledley King is being assessed.
Spurs striker Bent isnt quite ready to return and after Defoe's late move to Pompey Berbatov and Keane will play upfront.

Squad: Cerny, Robinson, Chimbonda, Lee, Gilberto, Hutton, Gunter, Kaboul, Dawson, King, Rocha, Tainio, Jenas, Malbranque, Boateng, Taarabt, Huddlestone, O'Hara, Lennon, Bent, Berbatov, Keane.

What Gus Poyet (Tottenham's assistant manager) had to say:
"We're at home so no matter who the opposition is, we want the three points. And we need three points, three points and three points in the games that follow.
"That has to be the mentality now if we want to break into the top 10.
"We have to control the game and not give United the chance to break, they are very good at that so if we push too many men forward, it will give Ronaldo, Rooney and co that chance.
"We need to control possession and not give away the ball, because those players need the ball."

Manchester United:
United left out three players during the mid week match- Hargreaves, Tevez and Giggs, they could all return to the starting XI.
Saha and Neville are still injured so Tevez and Brown will probably play. Eagles and Pique are still struggling with injuries.

Squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Brown, O'Shea, Simpson, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Nani, Park, Scholes, Ronaldo, Anderson, Carrick, Hargreaves, Giggs, Rooney, Tevez.

What Sir Alex Ferguson(Manchester United's manager) had to say:
" We saw last Sunday there is a wind of change at Tottenham, no question.
"The cup tie was terrifically open and for the first time in a few years at our ground there were some goals in the game.
"The games at Old Trafford have generally been one-goal affairs with more goals being reserved for White Hart Lane.
"Hopefully we can get the result we want but I'm expecting a very tough but open game."

Predictions:

BBC's Mark Lawrenson Prediction: Spurs 1-1 United

Skysports.com Prediction: 1-1

SKY BET odds: Spurs 5/2, Draw 9/4, Man Utd 10/11

Skysports.com One to Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo (what a surprise)

my prediction: Spurs 1-2 United